Reflection on the transmission of vocational skills holds an important place in many disciplines. We consider it here from an ergonomic point of view by mobilizing research conducted with hospital workers. We show that the transmission of vocational skills is an activity in itself, which must be inc...

To increase the energetic performance of housing, the French state and the professional organizations of the building sector decided to stimulate the market of energy efficiency refurbishment, which required to raise craftsmen’s technical skills. For this reason, they conjointly created in 2013 a tr...

This article examines the diffusion of the “green economy” from the Conseiller info énergie job, created in 2002. These advisors direct individuals in their proposed purchase of renewable energy equipment or energy renovation of their homes, to promote the “greening” of the housing sector. From the...

‪Following the « Conference on Entrepreneurship », echoing European recommendations, François Hollande (2013) announces the establishment of an entrepreneurship education program in secondary education. What about further the lower secondary school reform of 2016? We recall the context in which such...

‪The dropouts’ situation is an issue that public authorities try to solve with “second chance” systems. They aim at gaining prerequisites for social integration and job entry through educational support and work-based education. On the one hand, this article demonstrates that the “second chance” sco...

‪The Capability Approach, developed by A. Sen, provides a reading grid in the field of training to assess the capacity of work and training practices and their contributions to the professional development of individuals. It is used in this way to analyze the functioning of "APM Clubs" (Association...

Goal of many employment support procedures, autonomy needs to be questioned empirically. Based on a research inside the National Association for Adult Vocational Training (AFPA), the article describes three forms of autonomy that reveal paths to differentiated dynamics. If it appears as a resource t...

This article explores the current changes in work and employment from the standpoint of the unemployed, based on their job search experiences. Arguing that their professional perspectives change when confronted with job search, we describe what the “feasible work” they are aiming for means to them....

This article addresses the issue of the professionalization of programs in Quebec university field. How does professionalization contribute to the construction of the curricular offer ? How is this notion interpreted and mobilized in the creation of new programs and the modification of existing ones...

Regional management of school dropout : public action in tensionThe struggle against school dropout in the context of the new French policy has led to major changes, two of them are discussed in our article : the reorientation of national policies and their management by the decentralized services o...